Current Events
This is a widget from NBC News iCUE. Putting it on your web site is like having a tunnel to a site that brings selected content to you on your web page (or wiki). http://www.clearspring.com/widgets/47ff7e4f3dbf6ac2?p=480cfb81f78167bc In the classroom: Find widgets appropriate to your content and embed them in your wiki. Give students assignments that require them to use information they gathered from viewing/using the widget. (current events topics, for example)
History Using HippoCampus
Free use of multimedia content appropriate for high school. It is listed by subject or text book. I created this example after I logged in. While you can see a list of all topics to the right, in the left column you can see specific bookmarks I added. Doing this would direct your students to specific topics you want them to view.
Current Events
This is a widget from NBC News iCUE. Putting it on your web site is like having a tunnel to a site that brings selected content to you on your web page (or wiki). http://www.clearspring.com/widgets/47ff7e4f3dbf6ac2?p=480cfb81f78167bc
In the classroom: Find widgets appropriate to your content and embed them in your wiki. Give students assignments that require them to use information they gathered from viewing/using the widget. (current events topics, for example)
RSS Feed of NBC programs
Embed using RSS button in text editor: http://rss.msnbc.msn.com/id/22422632/device/rss/rss.xml
History Using HippoCampus
Free use of multimedia content appropriate for high school. It is listed by subject or text book. I created this example after I logged in. While you can see a list of all topics to the right, in the left column you can see specific bookmarks I added. Doing this would direct your students to specific topics you want them to view.